Stewan Seagull

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Stewan Seagull

OOCish: the buildings have been bugged with comcrystals, so any sound would be noticed.
(and yes, it is a pain to refresh them all the time)

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Irvyn

Conversation with an old gypsy woman:

Tjala: Ah
Irvyn: *looks up from papers*
Tjala: Good evening, lad.
Irvyn: *slight surprise*
Tjala: *smiles crookedly*
Tjala: You won't mind if I sit, do you...?
Tjala: At my age...
Irvyn: Be my guest ...
Irvyn: *gestures ironically and moves a number of papers out of the way*
Tjala: Thats a good lad.
Tjala: *looks at his hair*
Irvyn: I am still not going bald.
Tjala: Ah, I hope your head thinks the same, lad.
Irvyn: The Middlethorns do not lose their hair.
Tjala: I would hope that your mother was not of the same family?
Irvyn: *looks mildly irritated with himself for getting into this conversation*
Irvyn: No, she was not, but my grandfather also had a full head of hair.
Irvyn: Did you come here to discuss my ancestry?
Tjala: Good good, we shall see. Oh, why not, if you would like to...
Irvyn: I fail to see that it has the remotest relevance to anything.
Tjala: It was not what I meant to discuss but since you brought it up...
Irvyn: There is no need to discuss it.
Irvyn: *looks slightly relieved at Reann*
Tjala: *looks at the papers*
Irvyn: *calls to Reann*
Tjala: Seems you are a little behind on the paperwork, no?
Irvyn: Excuse me ...
Irvyn: *makes an untidy pile of the paperwork to get it all out of her way*
Tjala: *nods*
Reann: getting slow in your age there irvyn...
Irvyn: Reann, this ... lady may be able to advise us on the rivers and forest oracle problem.
Reann: hmm... i guess that is good news... means i won't have to keep burning things
Irvyn: *looks to Tjala*
Tjala: She might, possibly. Yes.
Irvyn: My pardon, I omitted to ask your name.
Tjala: Tjala. But if you are a good lad you can call me grandma, like all the others.
Irvyn: *winces slightly*
Stewan Seagull: *sidles in*
Irvyn: I would prefer not to, Lady Tjala
Tjala: Afraid of loosing the royal dignity?
Irvyn: *glances briefly to Stewan but says nothing*
Tjala: *chuckles dryly*
Irvyn: *looks back to Tjala*
Tjala: I took the trouble to wander out to those odd places of yours.
Irvyn: I am not royal ... I would just prefer not to acquire any more grandmas than the ones
Irvyn: I have already.
Irvyn: But thank you ... please continue.
Stewan Seagull: *chuckles quietly*
Tjala: As you wish, lad, as you wish.
Tjala: Have you found whoever it is what build them then?
Irvyn: *shakes head*
Irvyn: No ... Iljian and Stewan are both monitoring them.
Tjala: Iljian? The lad with the unfortunate tongue?
Irvyn: Yes.
Tjala: *looks over her shoulder*
Tjala: And you were Stewan, yes?
Stewan Seagull: i still am
Stewan Seagull: most times
Tjala: The lad wanting to hear about the circles
Tjala: Don't get snotty on me, lad.
Irvyn: *gives Stewan a warning look*
Stewan Seagull: aye, the one
Tjala: *turns back to Irvyn*
Tjala: So they found nothing, I suppose?
Stewan Seagull: well..
Stewan Seagull: there IS a magic circle
Stewan Seagull: and it looks like it is set up for a ritual
Tjala: I know, I walked out there last night.
Stewan Seagull: *nods*
Stewan Seagull: Im sure yer noticed the cave too
Tjala: Cave?
Stewan Seagull: aye
Tjala: Where?
Stewan Seagull: under the eastern buildin
Stewan Seagull: Its entrance blocked by a boulder
Irvyn: *carefully maintains a totally neutral expression*
Tjala: Can't say I did. But at my age the eyes aren't what they used to be...
Tjala: What is inside then?
Stewan Seagull: well, it cant be seen actually
Stewan Seagull: but the rock sounds like it
Tjala: You walked around tapping the rocks all round?
Stewan Seagull: no need to do that
Tjala: Not?
Stewan Seagull: just a few... suspicious places
Stewan Seagull: the ground around it is somewhar tricky
Stewan Seagull: The entrance is blocked with boulder
Tjala: Well well then. Another secret to solve.
Irvyn: *nods*
Irvyn: What did you make of the place, Lady Tjala?
Stewan Seagull: And whoever built it
Stewan Seagull: *shuts up*
Tjala: It seems someone meant to invest quite some effort
Stewan Seagull: and did it fast
Stewan Seagull: a week or less
Tjala: Or maybe not alone?
Tjala: *looks to Irvyn with a rather piercing stare*
Tjala: What do you make of it then, lad?
Irvyn: I have not seen them for myself.
Irvyn: But they certainly appeared very suddenly.
Tjala: *raises an eyebrow*
Irvyn: Which argues a degree of organisation and preparation beforehand.
Tjala: Should not the ruler take more of an interest in what appears around his little realm?
Irvyn: I trust Stewan and Iljian.
Tjala: Excuses.
Irvyn: You are entitled to your opinion.
Tjala: Of course I am, my dear lad. So what else do you make of it?
Irvyn: There is as yet insufficient data for a meaningful conclusion.
Tjala: Such fancy talk to cover you aren't thinking.
Tjala: *looks sternly at him*
Tjala: Of course there is more to know about it.
Irvyn: *returns her gaze*
Tjala: For a start, it is obviously meant to stay.
Stewan Seagull: pity
Stewan Seagull: I liked th theatre
Tjala: Wouldn't know about a theatre. But you don't build big places for a day or a week, do you?
Stewan Seagull: t was there before that thing
Stewan Seagull: and no, I wouldnt
Irvyn: Agreed.
Tjala: So what are you going to do about it?
Stewan Seagull: If theres as much as a syllable uttered well know
Irvyn: Stewan and Iljian are continuing their investigations.
Tjala: Nothing more?
Irvyn: What more would you expect?
Stewan Seagull: we didnt want to warn whoever is ...workin there
Stewan Seagull: so tried to not disturb anythin
Tjala: You must know what to do about it, lad. It is your town after all.
Irvyn: Regrettably I am not omniscient.
Irvyn: If I knew what to do, I would be doing it.
Tjala: It seems however that something there was already completed before.
Stewan Seagull: either that
Stewan Seagull: or it is in the process of settin up
Irvyn: The fungi and algae were here before the buildings were.
Stewan Seagull: *nods*
Stewan Seagull: long
Irvyn: This therefore is a new development and we do not yet know what it represents.
Tjala: Maybe it was built because of the mushrooms and all?
Stewan Seagull: speculation
Stewan Seagull: but aye
Tjala: Witches never speculate, lad.
Irvyn: You mean as a response to them?
Reann: everyone speculates...
Stewan Seagull: jumpin to conclusions then
Tjala: They point out what others did not consider. That is not speculation.
Tjala: And if all that was built in a rush after the things appeared...
Stewan Seagull: or it was built to do it again
Stewan Seagull: just with more power
Reann: if your right stewan i'd hate to have to deal with that mess... bad enough this time
Irvyn: *nods*
Irvyn: Indeed.
Stewan Seagull: its a speculation
Tjala: *chuckles dryly*
Reann: you'd be surprised how often such things are right stewan...
Stewan Seagull: No
Tjala: So you have the opposites as choices. Either its good or its bad.
Tjala: *looks amused*
Stewan Seagull: by the looks of it
Stewan Seagull: its bad
Irvyn: *shakes head*
Irvyn: There are more possibilities than that.
Tjala: Looks can be decieving.
Stewan Seagull: symbolism is a pillar of magic
Stewan Seagull: so there is less deception there
Irvyn: *rubs chin*
Tjala: Don't you try lecturing me about magics, lad.
Reann: its also hard to decive someone in a rush...
Stewan Seagull: just a reminder
Tjala: Well then, if you believe you know better.
Stewan Seagull: *shrugs*
Stewan Seagull: I often found reality lackin
Stewan Seagull: to my better knowledge
Irvyn: Let us not be too hasty here.
Irvyn: *looks to Tjala*
Irvyn: What is it that you believe you know?
Tjala: That whatever is happening is much different from what happened here in town
Tjala: Side effects. An accident in the making.
Stewan Seagull: So yer think it was built to contain whatever it is?
Stewan Seagull: lessen the side effects
Tjala: It was built to do something completely different.
Stewan Seagull: *sighs*
Irvyn: Not connected with the fungi and algae infestations at all?
Irvyn: *furrows brow*
Tjala: None builts such things to let a few mushrooms grow or turn a river foul
Tjala: Oh, it might be connected alright
Tjala: But thats not its purpose
Tjala: Its too big, too lasting to have such a trivial use.
Irvyn: *furrowed brow turns into a frown*
Irvyn: You trivialise the level of this attack on Trinsic.
Irvyn: It may not be an overt attack, but its effects have been quite devastating to many.
Stewan Seagull: well, there is that big mushroom at the focus of that circle
Stewan Seagull: so shrooms have somethin to do with it
Tjala: Ah, good, the lad is still thinking. Now you only need to find out why it is there.
Irvyn: "Only" makes it sound easy.
Stewan Seagull: else theres just candles
Stewan Seagull: so little to nothin to work with
Tjala: And why is that?
Irvyn: Which is why the monitoring needs to continue.
Stewan Seagull: cause it incomplete?
Tjala: Or cause its been done already.
Stewan Seagull: true
Stewan Seagull: so either itll be done again
Stewan Seagull: or keeps somethin runnin
Stewan Seagull: else it wouldnt be needed any more
Irvyn: *rubs chin*
Stewan Seagull: we need someone who can sense if theres active magic
Tjala: Its meant to stay. Its nothing that will be done with after a day.
Stewan Seagull: like our oracle
Stewan Seagull: that took days to "grow"
Irvyn: And what does the oracle have to do with all of this?
Irvyn: *slight sigh*
Irvyn: Or was it just coincidence that it all started at the same time?
Stewan Seagull: I just mentioned it
Stewan Seagull: because it was a similar procedure
Stewan Seagull: Hmm... not quite coincidence
Stewan Seagull: My theory is,
Stewan Seagull: that whoever is responsible for what happens to us now
Stewan Seagull: the Seeker
Stewan Seagull: as the oracle called him
Stewan Seagull: is the one that took the Codex from the gargoyles
Irvyn: It is logical.
Irvyn: *nods*
Tjala: What codex?
Stewan Seagull: THeone the gargoyles lost
Tjala: And what is it about?
Stewan Seagull: its why we got the oracle in the first place
Stewan Seagull: Demons
Stewan Seagull: or Spirits if yer like
Irvyn: The gargoyles asked for help in retrieving the codex.
Tjala: *raises an eyebrow*
Irvyn: The oracle was ... grown .. to provide the way to get it.
Tjala: So the seeker found the codex?
Stewan Seagull: I spose
Tjala: Is it not obvious what the place is for then?
Stewan Seagull: the obvious can be deceivin
Tjala: Why should it be in this case?
Stewan Seagull: why not?
Tjala: Don't be a fool, lad.
Irvyn: Are you implying that these buildings are connected with the Codex?
Tjala: Of course they are.
Stewan Seagull: either that
Stewan Seagull: or theyre the next step
Stewan Seagull: to accomplish what the codex could not
Irvyn: *rubs chin*
Stewan Seagull: give the answers it dint hold
Tjala: But something did work.
Irvyn: Are the fungi and algae also connected with the Codex then?
Stewan Seagull: theyre "side-effects" as Tjala said
Tjala: Indeed. Of what, is the question.
Reann: if we knew we wouldn't be stood here...
Stewan Seagull: does it matter?
Stewan Seagull: The "side-effects" did enough harm to get him or her hung
Tjala: Of course it matters.
Tjala: Don't be daft.
Irvyn: *nods*
Irvyn: We need to stop them, somehow.
Tjala: If the side effects already nearly wreck your pretty little town...
Tjala: then what will happen once they are really trying?
Irvyn: *brief look of annoyance at the description*
Stewan Seagull: Th oracle said they arent
Irvyn: *looks to Stewan*
Tjala: Not till you promise to hang them, maybe?
Tjala: *shakes her head*
Stewan Seagull: not tell em then?
Reann: the time they know that they'll allready been found...
Tjala: Most people don't take kindly to that
Tjala: Hope thats true then
Reann: and since we nay hang people often i doubt its the most expected responce...
Irvyn: Executions in Trinsic are very rare.
Tjala: Sending them all to Yew, eh?
Reann: nay... the duke just nay lets me kill all the criminals...
Stewan Seagull: thousand times assault and at least one murder should suffice, no?
Irvyn: The circumstances are certainly exceptional.
Stewan Seagull: its just another weapon
Stewan Seagull: nothin exceptional there
Tjala: Not that I care.
Tjala: Hang all you like as long as you keep the hands of my children.
Tjala: *smirks*
Irvyn: Keep the hands of your children?
Reann: think she means she nay cares long as we nay kill her children...
Tjala: My clan then.
Irvyn: *rubs chin*
Tjala: You upset poor Rah enough. He is a good lad, most of the time.
Reann: unless they make some very major "mistakes" they'd nay be hung here...
Stewan Seagull: and if they do, they will
Stewan Seagull: no matter whose children they are
Irvyn: As already said, Stewan, executions are very rare here.
Tjala: If they are mine then they won't.
Reann: i'd nay care who's they are lady... if they do enough to earn a hanging it'd happen...
Reann: but it takes a lot to get that here
Reann: so as long as they behave they won't be hanging anytime...
Tjala: Ask Kaelyn about that. She has such a sweet voice... again.
Tjala: *looks back to Irvyn*
Reann: ah so you were the pest that time eh...
Tjala: No, she was the pest.
Irvyn: *looks to Reann with a slight wince*
Reann: i would beg to differ...
Reann: stealing someones voice... the act of a coward
Tjala: She merely harvested what she had been begging for.
Stewan Seagull: anyhow...
Stewan Seagull: we’re far off topic here
Tjala: It is educational.
Tjala: And it worked, as far as I am concerned.
Reann: just be glad you nay "educated" myself...
Tjala: Some are too far gone to be helped still.
Stewan Seagull: I so agree with that
Reann: aye... some don't need help either
Tjala: The other lass has promises still.
Stewan Seagull: willl we talk of the problem at hand any more?
Tjala: I believe we are done
Tjala: *picks her hat up*
Stewan Seagull: Safe paths Tjala
Irvyn: Thank you for your time.

Stewan Seagull

Twinkle, twinkle, little star, just you tell me who they are:

*some voices can be heard, increasing in volume*
Stewan Seagull: wait...
*familiar male voice*: ...watching this place, I know it.
Iljian: Hm?
Stewan Seagull: *rummages in pocket*
Stewan Seagull: *gets a comcrystal out*
Stewan Seagull: someones there
*unfamiliar female voice, too silent to understand*
Iljian: Now? What do they thay?
Stewan Seagull: a male and a female
Stewan Seagull: he: someones watching this place
Iljian: *blinks*
*familiar male voice*: They will know me. And then what? You did enough as...
Stewan Seagull: tell th duke
*unfamiliar female voice is still too silent to understand*
Iljian: *frowns*
Irvyn: *looks over to Iljian and Stewan*
*female voice*: Let them come then, I will wait.

....a little later:
Stewan Seagull: theyre gone (Into the crystal)

...still a bit later:
Iljian: Stewan!

Later, back at the Rose:

Stewan Seagull: Can yer repeat what they said after I left?
Irvyn: There was very little.
Irvyn: *frowns in thought*
Stewan Seagull: every little bit may help?
Irvyn: The female voice said "let them come" ...
Irvyn: then the male voice said something indistinct
Stewan Seagull: *nods*
Irvyn: and a voice replied "Sometimes ..." and laughed.
Irvyn: There was nothing more that I recall... certainly nothing of use.
Stewan Seagull: *nods again*
Irvyn: Next time you hear something, however, it is probably not a good idea to run off on your own.
Irvyn: *looks a little stern*

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Stewan Seagull

Another snippet of conversation:

*familiar male voice* They will find it and take it. And then what?
*strange female voice* But they won't. One was here and left it..
*female voice* Do not worry, my precious. All will be fine.
*familiar male voice* You always say that. You did the last time! And we know what happened!
*female voice* My poor worried ... *the conversation does away*

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Stewan Seagull

A Talk In The Forest

Iljian: *looks about*
Aylana: Well done my boy.
Iljian: Um, who are you?
Aylana: I am the one that has so many of your precious little gems, dear.
Aylana: *chuckles softly*
Aylana: But where is the other one, the elver one that keeps laying them out?
Iljian: Ain't my... oh
Iljian: Don't know
Iljian: *looks around*
Iljian: Not here.
Aylana: *chuckles again and picks up one of the crystals*
Aylana: Come out my pretty one
Aylana: I know you are here

Iljian: Who are you?
Aylana: *laughs*
Aylana: I am the one that lives here now and I do not want any more crystals
Iljian: Did you turn the water funny?
Aylana: *laugh even louder*
Aylana: Do not worry about things that do not concern you, my dear
Iljian: *frowns*

Iljian: The ith odd
Stewan Seagull: *shrugs*
Stewan Seagull: Could yer see her face?
Iljian: Only a lot of leafth and all?
Stewan Seagull: sounds like a typical megalomaniac to me
Iljian: *shrugs*
Iljian: The did turn all the waterth funny though
Stewan Seagull: *shrugs again*
Stewan Seagull: powerful megalomaniac then
Iljian: What do we do then?
Stewan Seagull: Can yer arrest her?
Stewan Seagull: Suspect in murder and multiple assault?
Iljian: With what evidence?
Stewan Seagull: What do yer need?
Iljian: Anything?
Stewan Seagull: Anythin more than this?
Stewan Seagull: *points around*
Iljian: Could be that thomeone elthe did thith?
Stewan Seagull: *frowns*
Stewan Seagull: We´ll see what the Captain has to say
Stewan Seagull: *nods*

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Stewan Seagull

Speleology and Phytophysiology


Kai: Looks like a place of worship
Irvyn: Alusair may be able to learn more.
Irvyn: *nods to Kai*
Irvyn: *eyes the cat statue with the candles flanking it*
Irvyn: That certainly seems like some sort of object of worship.

Irvyn: What is in the cave?
Stewan Seagull: hmm... some shelves, rubble, plants
Irvyn: Nothing more since the last time you investigated it?
Stewan Seagull: they stored th big mushroom there
Stewan Seagull: Yer told me not to?
Irvyn: Ah... true, in amongst a general mention of avoiding unnecessary risks.
Irvyn: *rubs chin*
Stewan Seagull: *nods*

Irvyn: What else is there to see?
Kai: There is the Cave
Irvyn: *nods*
Irvyn: Lead on then.

Iljian: I'll go then
Irvyn: But we will need a way to get you out.
Stewan Seagull: *gets a rope from pack*
Irvyn: Ah... it seems Stewan came prepared.
Iljian: I'll jutht climb up the rope then?
Iljian: Not that deep
Stewan Seagull: we´ll tie it round yer waist
Stewan Seagull: an pull yer up
Irvyn: Or we can just pull you up.
Irvyn: *nods*
Stewan Seagull: if yer in no condition to clinb
Iljian: Why thould I not be?
Stewan Seagull: Traps?
Stewan Seagull: They might expect us to do just that
Stewan Seagull: *ties rope to Iljians waist*
Stewan Seagull: *ties other end to pillar*

Stewan Seagull: Iljian?
Iljian: There ith a thmall cave here
Iljian: And vineth everywhere
Iljian: There ith an opening, I think
Iljian: Aye, there ith a room beyond
Iljian: All red wood
Iljian: And thelveth
Iljian: *mutters slightly*
Irvyn: What is it?
Iljian: Got tangled in a vine
Iljian: The opening ith blocked by a heavy thtone vathe
Iljian: It ith too heavy

Irvyn: Do not risk damaging anything, Iljian.
Irvyn: Be careful of setting off a trap.
Iljian: Nothing more down here...
Iljian: Apart from the thtupid vineth
Irvyn: Better come back up then.
Iljian: Alright

Irvyn: Can you climb or do you need us to pull you?
Iljian: *mutters*
Iljian: Thtupid vineth
Iljian: I am fine, I can untangle them
Iljian: They are jutht annoying
Iljian: *sits down and starts to loosen one*
Iljian: Ith fine... I... I can climb...
Iljian: Jutht... rethting a moment
Irvyn: *looks alarmed*
Irvyn: Iljian, use your blade on the vines if you need to.
Irvyn: We will pull you up.
Stewan Seagull: shouldnt be that much of a strain
Irvyn: *looks to Stewan*
Stewan Seagull: *starts to pull*
Irvyn: *puts hands to the rope and tries to help*
Iljian: Ack, ow
Stewan Seagull: *stops*
Stewan Seagull: cut em off
Iljian: *mumbles and seems to be tangled in more vines*
Stewan Seagull: Kai?
Stewan Seagull: we need yer spear...: just cut the vines down there
Iljian: *seems to fall back into the vines*
Stewan Seagull: and try not to hit Iljian
Irvyn: Kai, poke the spear down, cut the vines from around him.
Kai: *Hands the spear to stewan*
Stewan Seagull: *holds rope with both hands*
Kai: *Tries to cut some of the vines without damaging the rope*
Kai: *Mutters*
Stewan Seagull: *keeps up constant but light pull*
Stewan Seagull: Iljian?!!!
Irvyn: Iljian, are you still conscious?
Iljian: *seems unconscious*
Stewan Seagull: *mutters* dung
Irvyn: Damn..... Kai, cut the vines quickly
Stewan Seagull: *pulls some more*
Kai: *Cuts more and more of them in quickly but carefully*
Iljian: *gets pulled up and bumps his head on the stones*
Stewan Seagull: somethin gives... slowly
Irvyn: *mutters*
Irvyn: At least he is out.
Stewan Seagull: phew...

Stewan Seagull: *pulls on gloves and collects a few strands of vine into a oddlooking bag*
Stewan Seagull: *unties and coils up rope*
Stewan Seagull: *picks up some more vines carefully*

Stewan Seagull: Alusair?
Alusair: aye?
Stewan Seagull: Can yer make anythin of this place?
Alusair: hmm...
Alusair: *looks closely...*
Alusair: can't really say for certain what this is for...
Stewan Seagull: they also
Stewan Seagull: *hands her a page*
Stewan Seagull: Had this round here
Alusair: hmm...
Alusair: can nay say im familiar with this pattern...
Stewan Seagull: *nods*
Stewan Seagull: keep that drawin
Stewan Seagull: maybe yer can look it up somewhere
Alusair: i'll give it a try... but old runes are harder to find then new ones...
Stewan Seagull: it was etched into a obsidian stone
Alusair: and i doubt its anything recent
Stewan Seagull: *shrugs*
Stewan Seagull: I think it has an organic quality to it
Alusair: well it was used for working with fire...
Alusair: least for old mages... but i can't see fire being that important given the growth here...
Irvyn: Can you draw any conclusions, Alusair?
Alusair: nay really... a mushroom and marked obsidian.. its not the most common of things...

Kaelyn: any idea what happened?
Irvyn: He became entangled in the vines.
Stewan Seagull: some kind of narcotic agent?
Stewan Seagull: might be a carnivorous plant
Stewan Seagull: I brought some samples of vine

Stewan Seagull: I rather think its a substance
Stewan Seagull: not a physical thin
Stewan Seagull: stingin hairs or a liquid on th surface
Stewan Seagull: maybe injectors

Irvyn: Can you see anything on the samples, Stewan?
Stewan Seagull: I dint yet have a close look
Irvyn: I did not notice anything, but I was not looking for it, only trying to get them away from him.
Stewan Seagull: *spreads some vine-bits on a clean paper, wearing gloves*

Stewan Seagull: Was it difficult to pry em off?
Irvyn: *shakes head*
Stewan Seagull: no roots then
Irvyn: No, they did not seem to be sticking to him.
Stewan Seagull: *"borrows" some fine surgical tools from a drawer*
Stewan Seagull: theyre coated in some liquid
Stewan Seagull: no thorns or fine hairs like a nettle would have
Stewan Seagull: *pries around on the vine*
Stewan Seagull: still movin a bit, th bugger

Stewan Seagull: *pokes*
Stewan Seagull: I guess it took some time
Stewan Seagull: for it to come into contact with bare skin
Stewan Seagull: Well this may be the agent
Stewan Seagull: but yerd have to ask a herbalist or alchemist
Stewan Seagull: to get some serious analysis
Stewan Seagull: Im just a dabbler

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